Stock and poultry fountain and feeder



S. CASPE. ST'OCK AND POULTRY FOUNTAIN AND FEEDER.

APPLwATloN FILED ocT.25., 191s.

1,343,349. Pandme 15,1920.

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STOCK AND POULTBY FOUNTAIN AND FEEDER. APPLICATION FILED 00125, IQIB.

1 ,343, 349, Patented J une 15', 1920.

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i f i Application filed October 25,

TooZZ whomvitmay concern: .y v Be it known that 1, SAMUEL Crisrn, a citizen of Russia, and resident ofl Des Moines, Polk county, iowa, have invented a new and useful Stock `,and f Poultry Fountain .and Feeder, of which the following isa specification.

The object of this invention is to provide tains. Y I

.A further object is to` provide a sanitary fountain in which drinking waterfor poul.- try or stock may be maintained at an equable temperature irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. f

further objectl of this invention is to provide a plurality of drink openings and ineans'for` fillingthe container without loss ofv water through either of the openings.

Jeinotherobject is lto providea combined stock and poultry fountain Vand feeder.

V the water exits being My invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth,v pointed out Vin my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 vis a central vertical section of the fountain,'one only of the valve devices for shown, that in `closed position. Fig. 2 is a vertical detail section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, on anenlarged scale, a valve device being shown in open position. Fig- 3 is a view showing the feeding attachment in vertical sectionjand the fountain mounted therein in elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan of the feederattachment with the fountain removed. p Y v In the construction of the fountain device as shown a suitable housing is provided and consists of a cylindrical side wall 10, a bottom 11 secured thereto, and an arched or dome-shaped top 12 on the upper end of said side wall. The parts of the housing` preferably are formed of galvanized sheet metal, thebottom 11 and top 12 preferably being sealed to the side wall'l() as by soldering. A water tank 13 is mounted within the housing andy preferably is supported above the bottom 11 by means of legs 14. The tank 13 also is formed of sheet metal and preferably is cylindrical in form and concentric with the housing 10. The tank 13 is closed and sealedfat its upper end by a dished or concaved top 15 having its concaved face arranged upwardly, and said tank is hermetically sealed except for an entrance opening y Specification of Letters Patent. Ptqgnfgd un@ 191e.` serial No. 259,731.

l- 16 in the center of the topl and a plurality? of exit openings17 in it'ssir es, preferably near the bottom. rlihe exit openings 17- may be of any desirednumber, in this instance four equally spaced circumferentially of the 18 leads `from' the entrance tank.. A.V pipe y opening lupwardly to and opens through the cover 12 of the housing, and is adapted to have its upper end closed by 'a screnT plugV 19 or other suitable means.

Y Y Drinking cups 2O are provided and lead from the exit openings 17 to and open through the side wallv 10 of the housing and saidv cups preferably are 'Y of approximately frusto-conical forni with their.` smaller ends arranged toi fard VVand sealed to ,theV wall of the tank-"13 and 'with their larger ends sealedto-'the wall 10 of the housing. TheA cups 'ZOnalso preferably are inclined downwardly toward the tank'and exitV openings, The drinking cups 20.: provide receptacles to contain small quantities of water flowing from the tank 13, andthis quantity is automatically replenished'from the tank as it is used'. rllhe exit openings 17 preferably are located adjacent the lowermost Vmargins of the inner ends of the cups 2O so that only small quantities of water are permitted to ii'ow out at a time, and fresh water is frequently permittedkto -escape'to said cups in use. 'The holes 17 also are rela# tively small. The flaring or enlarged outer ends of the cups provide room for the heads cooling influences of the surrounding atmo'si phere. The water in the tank is keptcool in warm weather and prevented Vfrom Vfreez-y ing in cold weather without the-usevof heat-` ing devices.

.The tank 13 is supplied withiwater by removing the-plug 19 and pouring` water into the lpipe 18 through a funnel or a corr` ductor having a small nozzle. As the exit openings 17 are near the bottom of the tank they must be closed during the filling operation, and to this end manually operable valve devices are provided. A plate 21 having a hole 22 therein is mounted over the side wall of the tank 13,within each of the drinking cups 20, with its hole registering with an eXit opening 17. valve plate 23, which is imperforate, is pivoted` by a pin or rivet 24 to the plate 21 and is adapted to cover.`

'icol the holes 22 andr1i7 at times.

tightly in Contact with said plate 21. .An outwardly projecting pin or stud 26 on the valve plate is adaptedto bev seated in a vertical slot 27 in the keeper when the valve vplate is closed. When itis desired to replenish the supply of water in the tank 13, the screw 18 and entrance opening 16 and -displacing the residue'of water inV said tank, which eswith the fountain, above described. feedercomprises a pan`29 preferably having The keeper is 'formed with a hole 28 registering with the holes 17 and22.

` In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a feeder attachment adapted to be used in conjuncsion his a plane bottom and an inclined side wall circular in plan, said pan being of materially larger of the fountain housing and of considerably Y lessV height, preferably being of less height than the lower portions of the drink openings or cups 20. A perpendicular retaining wall is mounted within, fiXed to and arranged concentrically of the wall of the pan 29 and is designated by the numeral 30. The diameter of the retaining wall is only a trifle greater than the diameter of the fountain housing l0, and said retaining wall is adapted to receive and contain the fountain device as shown in Fig. 3. An annular feeding space 31 is formed between the retaining wall 30 and inclined wall of the pan 29 and is adapted to contain any desired form of stock or poultry food, such as grains, mash or scraps. v

If desired a spout y32 lmay lead from one or more of the drinking cups 2,0 to conduct water therefrom tov the y annular feeding space 31 ofthe pen, as shown in Fig. 3. Water may be caused to iiow from said spout by admitting air through therpi-pe 18 by removal of the screw plug 19.

It is also convenient to provide an eXit pipe or spout 33 for the lower portion of the pan, leading from the annular feeding if space 31, for removal of fluid therefrom at A keepei. .25 is fixed to the plate 2l`outside of the valve j plate and is adapted to hold said valve plate I greater diameter plug 19 is Iirst removed, thereby y permitting an inrush of air through the pipe I diameter Vthan the side wall 10' vsides of said timessaid pipe or spout-normally being closed'by a hinged valve plate 34, shown l prising a cylindrical fountain provided with lateral drinking cups, and a feeding pan of `than said fountainV and provided with an interior concentric retaining wall adapted fountain, whereby an annular feeding space is formed surroundingl said fountain and below said drinking cups. f

2. A device of lateral drinking cups, and a feeding pan of greater diameter than said fountainand provided with an interior concentric `ing wall adapted to receive said fountain, whereby an annular feeding space is formed surrounding said fountain and below said drinking cups, means being provided for supplying water from one or more of said drinking cups to said annular space.

3. A device of the class to receive and contain said described, comi prising a cylindrical fountain provided withv the class described, com-` Y prising acylindrical fountain provided with l retainy lateral drinking cups, and a yfeeding pan of greatlier diameter than said fountain and provided with an interior concentric retaining wall. adapted to receive saidfountaim* whereby an annularfeeding space is formed surrounding said fountain and ybelow said drinking cups, means being provided for supplying water from said fountain'to asaid annular space and for withdrawing water from said space.

4. In a device of the class described, a substantially cylindrical casing having a top rigidly secured thereto, a hole being formed substantially in the centerof said top, a tank -niounted in and spaced on all sides from a pipe extending from the hole in top of said casing toand passing through l said casing,

the top of said tank, holes also being formed in the side tank, and frusto-conical devices mounted in-said casing in inclined positions and having their larger ends registering with the side openings of and sealed to the casing and having their smaller ends registering withthe side openings of and sealed to said tank.

wall of said casing and in the;

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